The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Google (Mountain View, CA) in Dec 2011
Interview
A recruiter reached out to me via LinkedIn and we set up a phone screening interview. After my phone interview I was given a writing assignment. Shortly after turning in my assignment, I was contacted again to schedule an in-person interview at the Google campus. I was interviewed by two people, the first was a more casual interview in the Cafe, followed by a more formal interview. The first interview went fine, it felt more like a casual, 2-way conversation than an interview and in that short period of time I got a general sense of the culture and environment. My interviewer for the second part of the interview was very late, and I felt that my formal interview was very rushed.
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Google (South San Francisco, CA) in Nov 2021
Interview
Very professional. I went through a recruiter then 2 hiring managers, then panel interview rounds. The questions were very straight forward and I was then asked to do a take-home case study and supply 2 writing samples.
Recruiter was helpful in the beginning but the process ended abruptly after a phone screen and having turned in a case study to them. No feedback was given. Not even on the work I've done up.
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 5 days. I interviewed at Google (New York, NY)
Interview
Was contacted via email and told that I was being considered for the position based on my qualifications. I was then set up with the HR rep to complete a phone screen. After the phone screen I was asked to submit a writing sample. The writing sample was then reviewed by the hiring manager who then contacted me for a 30 minute phone interview.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
If you could have coffee with any Google exec (excluding Larry Page & Sergey Brin) who would they be, why and what would you ask them?
